Healthcare reform continues to drive innovation in healthcare management and delivery. One Pennsylvania hospital was tasked with resolving an increasing amount of overtime hours, a bottleneck in the operating room, and a dramatic increase in caseload – all in the midst of a corporate merger. Somnia's partnership with this nonprofit community hospital helped resolve coverage issues, implemented meaningful cost controls, and successfully adapted to the increased case load – supporting the hospital’s commitment to its business model transformation.

This case study explores how Somnia successfully provided the hospital's anesthesia department with the leadership, staffing model, and quality improvement program that were greatly needed, even in the midst of a very public battle that threatened to derail the onboarding of the new anesthesia team.

This case study now to read how the hospital concluded a change in the anesthesia group was necessary, the process they took to choose a new provider, and the positive changes they enjoy as a result of changing the status quo.